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No.2 Commando training in Ayr 1942

Date: 10/11/2010
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Owner: Peter Rogers

Lofoten Islands - Operation Claymore

3rd/4th March 1941.The Force consisted of Nos. 3 and 4 Commando, aprrox 50 Royal Engineers, and a group from the Free Norwegian Forces. They were transported on board two converted ships, the Princess Beatrix and the Queen Emma, now loaded with LCA's or Landing Craft Assault vessels. Leaving from, and returning to Scapa Flow, they were escorted by 5 Royal Navy destroyers

Date: 29/04/2009

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Princess Beatrix

Princess Beatrix - Troop ship used at Lofoten and Dieppe and many other places. Photo courtesy Peter Lee